About Nodding Swamp Orchid
Geodorum densiflorum, commonly known as pink nodding orchid or 地宝兰 (di bao lan), is a plant in the orchid family and is native to areas from tropical Asia to eastern Australia and some Pacific Islands. It is a terrestrial orchid with broad, pleated, dark green to yellowish leaves and up to and twenty pale pink flowers with dark red veins on the labellum. It grows in wetter habitats including rainforest, woodlands, grasslands and swamps.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Geodorum densiflorum
- Genus
- Geodorum
- Family
- ORCHIDACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malay Islands, Philippines and Ryukyu Islands
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ഊരംപുളിക്കിഴങ്ങ്
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Nodding Swamp Orchid belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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